Has anyone out there brewed this kit from Northern Brewer? If so, I was wondering about the boil volume. In the kit instructions it says to mash with 6 quarts of water then sparge with 5 quarts then it says to top off the kettle to achieve your normal boil volume. What is the normal boil volume?
John Palmer's Elevenses PM Kit
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The final amount of collected beer in the carboy, plus the amount left behind in your boil kettle. plus the amount you boil off in the amount of time you boil.
So you need to know
Your final expected amount
Your BK's dead space (if any)
Your boil off rate
Your boil time.
Lets say you want 5 gallons of wort in the carboy.
You leave .5 gallons behind in the BK,
You boil off .5 gallons per hour
You boil for 1 hour
5 + .5 +.5 = 6 gallons pre boil
if you do a 90 minute boil,
then its 5 + .5 + .75 = 6.25 gallons
All of the numbers are purely hypothetical, just examples.
So you need to know
Your final expected amount
Your BK's dead space (if any)
Your boil off rate
Your boil time.
Lets say you want 5 gallons of wort in the carboy.
You leave .5 gallons behind in the BK,
You boil off .5 gallons per hour
You boil for 1 hour
5 + .5 +.5 = 6 gallons pre boil
if you do a 90 minute boil,
then its 5 + .5 + .75 = 6.25 gallons
All of the numbers are purely hypothetical, just examples.
Your normal boil volume is however much you fit in your kettle for the batch.
If you have a big kettle and a big burner, you can probably start with 6 gallons, but if you have a little kettle and a smaller burner (like on a stovetop), some brewers may start with 2-2.5 gallons and then top it up to 5 gallons in the fermenter.
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